As he was thanking the dairyman, a cock crowed just in front of him.

当他向奶场主致谢时，一只公鸡恰好在他面前啼叫开了。

'I'm sorry I'm late, sir, ' he said, 'but terrible things have been happening at the dairy You remember the cock crowing.

“先生，很抱歉，我来晚了。”他说，“但是牛奶场刚刚发生了些可怕的事情。你还记得公鸡打鸣吗？

In the court-yard a cock crowed, others near by responded; then from the village, first singly, interrupting each other, then mingling into one chorus, was heard the crowing of all the cocks.

然后从村子里， 先是单独的， 互相打断，然后混成一团， 听到了所有公鸡的啼叫。

The subjunctive was common in the classic writings of the early-modern English period, particularly in the King James Bible—as in " hallowed be thy name" or " before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice" .

虚拟语气在早期现代英语时期的经典著作中很常见，尤其是在钦定版圣经中——如“愿你的名字神圣” 或“在鸡鸣之前， 你应三次否认我” 。